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Buoyed in part once again by federal COVID-19 relief funding, Chicago Public Schools will spend about $220 million more in the 2023-2024 school year to hire teachers and other support staff.

The change comes a week after the Chicago Teachers Union took a vote of no confidence in department chief Stephanie Jones and demanded she resign for “dismal failures to protect the district’s most vulnerable students.”

Schools CEO Pedro Martinez says “the pandemic caused a lot of challenges for our city and our district,” particularly for this year’s graduating seniors, who were high school freshmen when schools shut down.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Lele, a 13-foot doll hand made in Queretaro, Mexico, was on display Tuesday at a Daley Plaza fiesta with traditional Mexican songs and dances performed by CPS students.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

CHICAGO — After beating eight other candidates to become Chicago’s next mayor, buoyed by more than $2 million in support from the Chicago Teachers Union, Brandon Johnson will take the helm of Chicago Public Schools with his inauguration May 15 — embarking on a four-year term that will see Illinois’…

Martinez shared these plans during a virtual briefing Tuesday outlining CPS’ school budget for the 2023-24 school year.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Some of Johnson’s first decisions after his swearing-in next month will have to do with education, the issue nearest and dearest to his heart and his work over the past decade.